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View usage for: (dʌf) Word forms: comparative duffer, superlative duffestadjectiveIf you describe something as duff, you mean it is useless, broken, or of poor quality. [British, informal, disapproval] Sometimes you have to take a duff job when you need the money. Synonyms: bad, poor, useless, pathetic More Synonyms of duff Phrasal verbs: See duff up duff in British English 1 (dʌf) noun1. a thick flour pudding, often flavoured with currants, citron, etc, and boiled in a cloth bag plum duff 2. up the duff Word origin C19: Northern English variant of doughduff in British English 2 (dʌf) verb (transitive)1. slang to change the appearance of or give a false appearance to (old or stolen goods); fake 2. Australian slang to steal (cattle), altering the brand 3. Also: sclaff golf informal to bungle (a shot) by hitting the ground behind the ball adjective4. British informal bad or useless, as by not working out or operating correctly; dud a duff idea a duff engine Word origin C19: probably back formation from dufferduff in British English 3 (dʌf) noun slang the rump or buttocks Word origin C20: special use of duff1duff in American English 1 (dʌf) noun1. a thick flour pudding boiled in a cloth bag or steamed, often containing dried fruit 2. decaying vegetable matter on the ground in a forest Word origin dial. var. of dough, with ff for ME -gh (see ), orig. pronounced ( kh); senses laugh (sense 2 ) & laugh (sense 3 ) < ? duff in American English 2 (dʌf) duff in American English 3 (dʌf) adjective British, Informal1. of poor quality; inferior; worthless Examples of 'duff' in a sentenceduff Definition broken or useless (British, Australian, New Zealand, informal) A couple of duff tracks prevent this being a masterpiece. Synonyms defective low-rent (informal) poxy (slang) pants (informal) bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) phrasal verbSee duff someone upAdditional synonymsDefinition inadequate in quantity or quality deficient landing systems Synonyms unsatisfactory, poor, inadequate, weak, flawed, inferior, impaired, faulty, incomplete, unsuitable, defective, imperfect, unworthyDefinition having faults or errors We live in an imperfect world. Synonyms flawed, impaired, faulty, broken, limited, damaged, partial, unfinished, incomplete, defective, patchy, immature, deficient, rudimentary, sketchy, undeveloped, inexactDefinition of poor quality These recordings are of inferior quality. Synonyms substandard, bad, poor, mean, worse, poorer, pants (informal), flawed, rotten (informal), dire, indifferent, duff (British, informal), mediocre, second-class, deficient, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, low-grade, unsound, downmarket, low-rent (informal), for the birds (informal), wretched, two-bit (slang), crappy (slang), no great shakes (informal), poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal), not much cop (British, slang), tinhorn (US, slang), half-pie (New Zealand, informal), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal), end-of-the-pier (British, informal), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) - due to
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